minimalAuthBeamClientNode.js

/**
 * Attempt to use OAuth to authenticate with beam.
 * It is assumed that you are using an IMPLICIT flow here.
 * 
 * @param {Object} config A config object
 * @param {String} config.token The implicit OAuth token for this user
 * @param {BeamClient} beam A beam client instance
 * @returns {Promise.<user>}
 */
function oAuth(config, beam) {
	beam.use('oauth', {
		tokens: {
			access: config.token,
			expires: Date.now() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
		}
	});
	return beam.request('GET', `users/current`).then(res=> res.body);
}

/**
 * Attempt to use password auth to authenticate with beam.
 * 
 * We advise using OAuth.
 * 
 * @param {Object} config A config object
 * @param {String} config.username the username of the account
 * @param {String} config.password the password of the account
 * @param {BeamClient} beam A beam client instance
 * @returns Promise.<user>
 */
function password(config, beam) {
	return beam.use('password', config).attempt().then(res=> res.body);
}